''Arctia alpina'' is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. It is found in northern
Scandinavia, northern
Siberia, high mountains of southern
Siberia and northern
Mongolia; also in
Alaska and northwestern
Canada.
Its
wingspan is 42–50 mm.
The larvae feed on ''
Taraxacum officinale'', ''
Vaccinium'' and ''
Salix herbacea''.
This species was formerly a member of the genus ''Acerbia'', but was moved to ''Arctia'' along with the other species of the genera ''Acerbia'', ''Pararctia'', ''Parasemia'', ''Platarctia'', and ''Platyprepia''.
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Subspecies
*''Arctia alpina alpina''
*''Arctia alpina johanseni'' (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
*''Arctia alpina severa'' Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2004 (Kodar Mountains in Siberia)
*''Arctia alpina siberica'' O. Bang-Haas, 1927 (Siberia)
References
External links
Lepiforum.de
Arctiina
Moths of North America
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1802
Taxa named by Conrad Quensel
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